Serious and Organized Crime

Serious and Organized Crime

As part of its mandate to create stable and secure environments UN Police are working with international policing and law enforcement experts to find ways to prevent, disrupt and dismantle organized crime in post-conflict situations. UN Police assist domestic law enforcement authorities to establish mechanisms to deal with organized criminal activities, including drug production and trafficking, human trafficking, exploitation of natural resources and weapons trafficking.

The Department of Peacekeeping Operations has learned that weakened states are often undermined by organized crime, and it is therefore a priority for the UN to address this issue in partnership with host-nation police services, United Nations Member States and international organizations.